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united and that made it one hundred times worse but you know citizens united is i mean it's been a it's become kind of a code word for you know a lot of reforms that are needed and i think you know there are something like one hundred different rallies in seventy five different cities and towns across the country this weekend and that's just an example of how much people are willing to get out and show their feelings on this and it's really quite remarkable i think that americans are are talking about the range of things that this brings forward from you know the consequences of judicial review i mean. between people calling my radio show wanting to talk about judicial review which i think is is crazy i think marbury vs madison was wrongly decided eighteen zero three and i just established a horrible precedent on the constitution but it's like i couldn't get anybody to talk about this stuff you know five years italy and ten years ago when i wrote an equal protection the book about ultimately citizens united you know nobody person and nobody would have anything to do with this alexis org
united and that made it one hundred times worse but you know citizens united is i mean it's been a it's become kind of a code word for you know a lot of reforms that are needed and i think you know there are something like one hundred different rallies in seventy five different cities and towns across the country this weekend and that's just an example of how much people are willing to get out and show their feelings on this and it's really quite remarkable i think that americans are are...
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united decision money is corroding the system the day before citizens united came down money was in the system even back in one thousand nine hundred seventy five when i got elected to congress when he was important but back then the talking points came first now the check book comes first on the first day of the legislative session they have a big celebration the lobbyist whichever party is having the event they bring stacks of money now come along citizens united and what i would say to the points that were made is that mcconnell is taking advantage using the filibuster and it's just one of the variety of efforts to take a look at the fiscal cliff legislation and how many pieces of pork barrel were in that helping the people who run race cars and others all of that was stuff going on sex one point six billion for new corporate headquarters and if you have if you have the power to buy access and that's what all these special. doing they're buying access and money is corroding system and frankly both parties are at fault one of the things i like about senator tom harkin of iowa in o
united decision money is corroding the system the day before citizens united came down money was in the system even back in one thousand nine hundred seventy five when i got elected to congress when he was important but back then the talking points came first now the check book comes first on the first day of the legislative session they have a big celebration the lobbyist whichever party is having the event they bring stacks of money now come along citizens united and what i would say to the...
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the supreme court and the citizens united decision notwithstanding corporations are not humans. they have a very selective and a very limited and not very humane priority. >> rose: and a very different mission. >> and a very different mission. i mean a robbing baron will at least put his name on a hospital
the supreme court and the citizens united decision notwithstanding corporations are not humans. they have a very selective and a very limited and not very humane priority. >> rose: and a very different mission. >> and a very different mission. i mean a robbing baron will at least put his name on a hospital
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in the last congress, i introduced the people's rights amendment which will overturn citizen's united and put a stop to person hood nonsense that it represents. despite what governor romney said on the campaign trail, corporations are not people. other members would have other ideas but very least we need to have this debate and i urge my colleague to defeat the previous question. >> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you very much madam speaker. once again, we've got a lot of political dogma that's taking place here. i was a worker in a corporation for a number of years and i felt like i was a vital part of success not only that company and the things that i did i felt like in my 16 years never missed a day, work that i contributed to the success of customers and other people. just like here in this body, there may be some organizations somebody doesn't like of that serves this house of representatives. but everybody is here. they show up at work and they get their work done. i would say that corporations and employers are very important to this country. the ability tha
in the last congress, i introduced the people's rights amendment which will overturn citizen's united and put a stop to person hood nonsense that it represents. despite what governor romney said on the campaign trail, corporations are not people. other members would have other ideas but very least we need to have this debate and i urge my colleague to defeat the previous question. >> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you very much madam speaker. once again, we've got...
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>> to talk about citizens united. public collect has a great campaign out. i love the sound of it: money out/voters in. kenny is joining us. >> thank you. >> what are you trying to do? what's been the impact of citizens united. >> i think everyone has seen it across the nation and the incredible onslaught of negative as we saw in the last election. but this had more insid yas implications about what politicians may do. it's had an effect on how long certain folks can stay in the primaries. and a terrible effect on people's faith in their government. >> all of the money karl rove spent or the nra spent or the koch brothers spent, the nra spent that the koch brothers, i wrote a book about them. they didn't win that many: so maybe all of that money didn't have as [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? cap >> bill: the senio
>> to talk about citizens united. public collect has a great campaign out. i love the sound of it: money out/voters in. kenny is joining us. >> thank you. >> what are you trying to do? what's been the impact of citizens united. >> i think everyone has seen it across the nation and the incredible onslaught of negative as we saw in the last election. but this had more insid yas implications about what politicians may do. it's had an effect on how long certain folks can...
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united decision how goes the fight to overturn citizens united and how are some of this nation's most progressive organizations coming together to give a voice back to the american people. wealthy british style it's time to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mikes concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. download the official publication if you so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites. if you're away from us. just. now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. tonight we have a special bigger picture discussion on the role money plays in our democracy and what can be done to take the money out of politics and to restore the power and force.
united decision how goes the fight to overturn citizens united and how are some of this nation's most progressive organizations coming together to give a voice back to the american people. wealthy british style it's time to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mikes concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. download the official publication if you so choose your language stream quality and enjoy...
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citizens united is an issue you have been passionate about. citizens united moved to the birth of the idea in my home but it was more the legal structure. years ago i thought instead of fighting all of these environmental battles, why don't we cut corporations in the legal structure and change them so they have to invest in a sustainable future. well, it's easier said than done, and one of the issues that came up early on was about corporate personhood. so it was something i thought about for a while. i think it's generally accepted if you take personhood away not a lot can happen to a corporation because people can still gather to make a profit -- >> jennifer: but if you take
citizens united is an issue you have been passionate about. citizens united moved to the birth of the idea in my home but it was more the legal structure. years ago i thought instead of fighting all of these environmental battles, why don't we cut corporations in the legal structure and change them so they have to invest in a sustainable future. well, it's easier said than done, and one of the issues that came up early on was about corporate personhood. so it was something i thought about for a...
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in the last congress i introduced the people's rights amendment which would overturn citizens united and put a stop to the nonsense. despite what governor romney said on the campaign trail, corporations are not people and did he do not deserve the same american rights as citizens. we need to have this debate and i -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: once again, we have a lot of political dogma is taking place and i was a worker in a corporation and i felt i was the vital part of success of not only that company and the things that i did, but i felt like in my 16 years that i contributed to the success of customers and other people. and just like here in this body, there may be some organization or something that somebody doesn't like that serves this house of representatives, but everybody is here. they show up at work and get their work done. so i would say that corporations , employers, are very important to this country. the ability that all people have just as they were going to vote, to have a say in
in the last congress i introduced the people's rights amendment which would overturn citizens united and put a stop to the nonsense. despite what governor romney said on the campaign trail, corporations are not people and did he do not deserve the same american rights as citizens. we need to have this debate and i -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. sessions: once again, we have a lot of political dogma is taking place and i...
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in the years since the supreme court handed down the citizens united case, unlimited amounts of money from billionaires' have flooded our elections. led by secret political spending hidden by public views carl wealthy special interests have tried to buy the airwaves and fund expensive campaigns and try to sway the outcome of countless elections. the sunlight foundation reports during the 2012 collection cycle alone, superpacs spent $620 million. nobody believes corporations are people. they should not be able to use unlimited amounts of money to influence our elections. my democratic colleagues and i will provide the house with an opportunity to consider a constitutional amendment to overturn the flawed citizens united decision. to finally remove the donations from our system. in addition to addressing the uncontrolled money, congress should be ensuring every american citizen can easily exercise their right to vote. voting is fundamental to what it means to be an american but in recent years, losing a concerted efforts to discourage voters from casting a ballot. under the claim that v
in the years since the supreme court handed down the citizens united case, unlimited amounts of money from billionaires' have flooded our elections. led by secret political spending hidden by public views carl wealthy special interests have tried to buy the airwaves and fund expensive campaigns and try to sway the outcome of countless elections. the sunlight foundation reports during the 2012 collection cycle alone, superpacs spent $620 million. nobody believes corporations are people. they...
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united decision how goes the fight to overturn citizens united and how are some of this nation's most progressive organizations coming together to give a voice back to the american people. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm john harvey welcome to the big picture. not your asian day of the ball much more than a break about taking a closer look at president obama's second term derby even more and even more invasions of our privacy can end monday january twenty first at the exam and bottom line for the president only monolith.
united decision how goes the fight to overturn citizens united and how are some of this nation's most progressive organizations coming together to give a voice back to the american people. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm john harvey welcome to the big picture. not your asian day of the ball much...
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he said the first big votes were to overturn citizens united and protect voting rights. did not succeed, but will keep fighting. tomorrow, the first part of csandy relief. an independent from minnesota. bill head. caller: hi. i have a couple comments. number one, why does not congress address the massive corruption in our government? that is starting with their own body. congress, government, white house -- they are all corrupt. why don't they do something about it? next, avoiding mass corruption by the democratic party. nothing is done. host: in terms of voting? caller: and the insider trading, extortion, bribery. it all needs to be addressed. we will not get any place until that is addressed. host: this is video from earlier today. boehner reelected, to have the 20 votes in his favor, 1924 pelosi -- 192 for pelosi. caller: i want to thank c-span for being there. i am an old newspaper photographer from the los angeles area, and you guys have done a wonderful job, and i appreciate it. host: how long were you a newspaper photographer? caller: many years. host: did you get
he said the first big votes were to overturn citizens united and protect voting rights. did not succeed, but will keep fighting. tomorrow, the first part of csandy relief. an independent from minnesota. bill head. caller: hi. i have a couple comments. number one, why does not congress address the massive corruption in our government? that is starting with their own body. congress, government, white house -- they are all corrupt. why don't they do something about it? next, avoiding mass...
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convene a constitutional convention don't we in this post citizens united when billionaires and transnational corporations for interests actual corporations can basically buy our legislators who would be making those decisions. don't we run a huge risk so i'm not for a constitutional convention either. just as i don't think people two hundred years ago have a right to decide what country we live in i don't think we have a right to decide what kind of country people should live in two hundred years from now so what's the so so the solution is to operate like many other countries in the world do the united kingdom new zealand go in law to. function without a binding constitution that's not to say that anything goes and there's chaos there's not last i looked there wasn't chaos in great britain we have traditions we have all of mr cromwell might have disagreed with you. yes but you know we had a civil war also after all. so so we're not. now house senate president there will be your right to free speech. all that is is good or new daughter say the real difference is those things would have to be
convene a constitutional convention don't we in this post citizens united when billionaires and transnational corporations for interests actual corporations can basically buy our legislators who would be making those decisions. don't we run a huge risk so i'm not for a constitutional convention either. just as i don't think people two hundred years ago have a right to decide what country we live in i don't think we have a right to decide what kind of country people should live in two hundred...
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united the first congress and what you had this unlimited amount of corporate money being spent it and here's the congress we got out of it i do want to put up because throughout this day we have been following this story we really thought a deal would be reached so i want to put up some numbers as they were a couple hours ago just so people are prepared in the next couple days the potential deal as it was discussed would bring in about six hundred billion dollars in revenue taxes would be increased by nearly forty percent on individuals earning four hundred thousand dollars or more per year and for families earning four hundred fifty thousand dollars or more the earned income tax credit the child tax credit and the college tax credit would be extended for another five years the estate tax would be raised to forty percent for properties worth more than five million dollars and the deal would extend unemployment benefits for another year and finally the capital gains tax would increase to twenty percent from what is currently fifteen percent so you know these are this is sort of what wa
united the first congress and what you had this unlimited amount of corporate money being spent it and here's the congress we got out of it i do want to put up because throughout this day we have been following this story we really thought a deal would be reached so i want to put up some numbers as they were a couple hours ago just so people are prepared in the next couple days the potential deal as it was discussed would bring in about six hundred billion dollars in revenue taxes would be...
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it is the 30th anniversary dollar-third anniversary of citizens united. we still have unlimited corporate and union spending, unlimited personal spending in our elections. soft money is on the rise. there is no disclose act. the president has been fairly silent on this topic. we're curious to see how this new c4 -- the former campaign organizing for america, how they have promised online disclosure of who their finders are. we will see if they live up to that promise. >> liz bartolomeo, thank you for enlightening us. we turned back to historical voices, another of the speakers last night was julian bond, the leading civil rights activist, former chair of the board of the naacp, helped found the student nonviolent coordinating committee, was the first esident of the southern poverty law center, a state legislator in georgia for over 20 years. he spoke about the effects of obama's election victory. >> we are gathered here to celebrate the reelection of president obama and in a commencement arguably astounding, if not more so, then the first. we're here cele
it is the 30th anniversary dollar-third anniversary of citizens united. we still have unlimited corporate and union spending, unlimited personal spending in our elections. soft money is on the rise. there is no disclose act. the president has been fairly silent on this topic. we're curious to see how this new c4 -- the former campaign organizing for america, how they have promised online disclosure of who their finders are. we will see if they live up to that promise. >> liz bartolomeo,...
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the more speech the betterment i cannot understand why, and as far as citizens units, citizens united was not novel. it reversed an opinion eight years earlier that had changed the law from what the law had been in buckley. that was assumed to be the law. increase all right. about out of time. >> guest: we are. c-span: i never asked you this on camera, but i'm going to know because i need to get to the late education thinking. >> guest: okay. c-span: television in the court. c-span: television in the court. c-span: i bring it up because congress has resolutions ordering the court to go on television. why are you against it? >> guest: i was for it when i first joined the court, and switched and remained on that side of it. i'm against it because i do not believe as the proponents of television in the courts assert that the purr of televising our hearings would be to educate the american people. that's not what it would end up doing. if i thought it would educate the american people, i would be all for it. if the american people sat down and watched our proceedings, gavel to gavel, they
the more speech the betterment i cannot understand why, and as far as citizens units, citizens united was not novel. it reversed an opinion eight years earlier that had changed the law from what the law had been in buckley. that was assumed to be the law. increase all right. about out of time. >> guest: we are. c-span: i never asked you this on camera, but i'm going to know because i need to get to the late education thinking. >> guest: okay. c-span: television in the court. c-span:...
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you did not mention citizens united, and i'm just wondering -- i'm not talking about the legal right of corporations to contribute to the political process, but whether any analysis has been done as to the consequences of such involvement and whether that made the situation worse with. >> with citizens united, i believe, was after '08. so it didn't have an effect on the crisis as such. it may well have -- well, it's campaigns, and we're only just in a campaign cycle being influenced by it. so i think we're going to have to wait til we're down the road a bit to get the implications in terms of practical results. but it is clear that the financial services industry had a large hand in the writing the rules that we got in dodd-frank. and one of my favorite examples just if you want with a emblematic example is the financial stability oversight council where we finally decided we need one group that is going to be overseeing financial stability, and what do we do? we created a council of 15 members. and each constituency has a regulator on that council either a voting or nonvoting member
you did not mention citizens united, and i'm just wondering -- i'm not talking about the legal right of corporations to contribute to the political process, but whether any analysis has been done as to the consequences of such involvement and whether that made the situation worse with. >> with citizens united, i believe, was after '08. so it didn't have an effect on the crisis as such. it may well have -- well, it's campaigns, and we're only just in a campaign cycle being influenced by...
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and only in the wake of the recent citizens united decision and congress' failure to pass a piece of legislation that requires disclosure do we have the hundreds of millions of dollars that are going into our political system right now that are undisclosed. so there is one pot that is completely undisclosed. it's dark money. it's a black hole. that's why corporations, wealthy individuals, both have agenda, are putting a lot of money and we have no idea who they are. >> gavin: before citizens uniteed you had swift vote. was that clean open transparent investment money or were they taking advantage of loopholes that were even before citizens united. >> to say that it was reported and it was reported. that almost looks like the good ol' days. they were independent expenditures but we knew who was financing them and we knew how much they were spending. now we don't even know where they put it, if it's in the right pocket or left pocket of the candidate. that's the biggest concern. we oh have not only unlimited money, but unlimited undisclosed money. >> gavin: just so folks know when i ra
and only in the wake of the recent citizens united decision and congress' failure to pass a piece of legislation that requires disclosure do we have the hundreds of millions of dollars that are going into our political system right now that are undisclosed. so there is one pot that is completely undisclosed. it's dark money. it's a black hole. that's why corporations, wealthy individuals, both have agenda, are putting a lot of money and we have no idea who they are. >> gavin: before...
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united decision, and fighting in elections to change the supreme court. >> what would you think of having a national general assembly modeled on the original continental congress in philadelphia beginning on july 4 of 2012? coming up with a list of grievances that this assembly debated. >> lawrence blessing has talked about a new constitutional convention. i think it is early. i think it is tricky. i do no
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there are plans to occupy the supreme court from the second anniversary of the citizens united decision. that crazy decision has given the rights to corporations to unleash their treasuries into our already polluted political system. go there. go to your local congresspersons office. go to banks charging student loans up the highest rates. go to those places. i think we will see more of that. occupy congress means not only closing out the super committee. it also means finding movement candidates who will run in the electoral office. this is where people get ammocete -- antsy because they say you are taking over the energy of the occupy movement. we need good people to run. >> union unity of purpose if you are going to get anything done. my wife and i ran at an event for gloria steinem recently. -- you need unity of purpose if you are going to get anything done. they were chanting about the notion that the occupy movement is male-century. -- male-centric. they had a chance that that it t mean 99% men. you have people rending this garment of unity. >> you always find there are divisions.
there are plans to occupy the supreme court from the second anniversary of the citizens united decision. that crazy decision has given the rights to corporations to unleash their treasuries into our already polluted political system. go there. go to your local congresspersons office. go to banks charging student loans up the highest rates. go to those places. i think we will see more of that. occupy congress means not only closing out the super committee. it also means finding movement...
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united decision. that allowed supertax to make unlimited campaign contributions to political candidates. john sarbanes call that money drones. >> you don't know who is operating it because there is no disclosure, no transparency. you don't know where the money is coming from. >> the supreme court has threatened to create a government of the corporation and for the corporation. >> special interest groups spent more than a billion dollars to influence the outcome of the last election cycle. >> get ready to cue the dream sequence. the road to new orleans and travels a familiar path. for the second straight season, the ravens have to beat the patriots had to let stadium to make it to the super bowl. >> we have the route to the super bowl covered. but still live to enemy territory in a bit, but let's start with how the team prepares to win it -- to leave new england with a win on sunday. >> it took the ravens of 38 points to beat the denver broncos and it might take more to beat tom brady this sunday in fo
united decision. that allowed supertax to make unlimited campaign contributions to political candidates. john sarbanes call that money drones. >> you don't know who is operating it because there is no disclosure, no transparency. you don't know where the money is coming from. >> the supreme court has threatened to create a government of the corporation and for the corporation. >> special interest groups spent more than a billion dollars to influence the outcome of the last...
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united decision, and fighting in elections to change the supreme court. >> what would you think of having a national general assembly modeled on the original continental congress in philadelphia beginning on july 4 of 2012? coming up with a list of grievances that this assembly debated. >> lawrence blessing has talked about a new constitutional convention. i think it is early. i think it is tricky. i do not mean to sound too conservative. when you say to make a list of grievances, we could sit in this room and come up with a list of six ideas or grievances that need to be made real and lead to change. you need to find your issue, work in your community. work in your community. work in the organizing arou
united decision, and fighting in elections to change the supreme court. >> what would you think of having a national general assembly modeled on the original continental congress in philadelphia beginning on july 4 of 2012? coming up with a list of grievances that this assembly debated. >> lawrence blessing has talked about a new constitutional convention. i think it is early. i think it is tricky. i do not mean to sound too conservative. when you say to make a list of grievances,...
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what did citizens united say? justice kennedy unfortunately didn't we don't need to stop political spending by regulation. the shareholders will do that. that they know i don't think well, we don't actually have the ability to call up the ceo or have a vote on this. even if we did, how would we know what they were spending. >> that's a rich moment. i think people listen okay current and on the radio and watching on current, they didn't hear that right. in the decision of the supreme court, they said the whole idea, that the shareholders would be able to control how the ceo or the government affairs when it comes to politics. the sad part is, the ha- ha as i like to say, these individuals have no idea because this has not been disclosed to them. >> it's crazy. >> you could go down to google or do a search and find out some of this information. you pretty much don't know. you don't know how much they give to the chamber of commerce. you don't know how much they pay in lobbyists. you don't know how much the individua
what did citizens united say? justice kennedy unfortunately didn't we don't need to stop political spending by regulation. the shareholders will do that. that they know i don't think well, we don't actually have the ability to call up the ceo or have a vote on this. even if we did, how would we know what they were spending. >> that's a rich moment. i think people listen okay current and on the radio and watching on current, they didn't hear that right. in the decision of the supreme...
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how can the president of the united states being an american citizen to be justifiably killed? you will see some of the internal debate about this began to play out in public. there is going to be an epic that'll over the next several years over military spending. pentagon spending has grown very substantially over the last 10 years. my guess is that the combination of fiscal pressures and a need to create military force and ability to project american power around the world in a different way will worst some rethinking of the structure of our military. do the republicans go along with that? guest: the president seems to suggest that part of his legacy will be we did not go to war with iran. we ended two wars. he managed to not get involved with iran. he hinted that that was the legacy he wants. that we would stop the violence from happening without going in. that is one area that is a point of controversy with republicans. host: do his picks for the secretariat of defense statement that? guest: both will be confirmed. kerry is someone who the senators approve of more than secr
how can the president of the united states being an american citizen to be justifiably killed? you will see some of the internal debate about this began to play out in public. there is going to be an epic that'll over the next several years over military spending. pentagon spending has grown very substantially over the last 10 years. my guess is that the combination of fiscal pressures and a need to create military force and ability to project american power around the world in a different way...
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fighting in states for clean money reform, and fighting for an amendment strategy to overturn the citizens united decision, and fighting in elections to change the supreme court. >> what would you think of having a national general assembly modeled on the original continental congress in philadelphia beginning on july 4 of 2012? coming up with a list of grievances that this assembly debated. >> lawrence blessing has talked about a new constitutional convention. i think it is early. i think it is tricky. i do not mean to sound too conservative. when you say to make a list of grievances, we could sit in this room and come up with a list of six ideas or grievances that need to be made real and lead to change. you need to find your issue, work in your community. work in the organizing around the issue. link up with groups doing work. if it is student debt, find ways to take on the banks, local legislators, and congress in the short term. is not very revolutionary. at the event we did on 9/11, i said i felt this country was in a pre-revolutionary moment. it was about a week before occupy was st
fighting in states for clean money reform, and fighting for an amendment strategy to overturn the citizens united decision, and fighting in elections to change the supreme court. >> what would you think of having a national general assembly modeled on the original continental congress in philadelphia beginning on july 4 of 2012? coming up with a list of grievances that this assembly debated. >> lawrence blessing has talked about a new constitutional convention. i think it is early....
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citizens united in the mix. we also at the same time have these operatives who run these groups, have become very good at setting them up with nothing to do this year. so it's kind of a perfect storm >> woodruff: you also talked to them, jim, i saw in your reporting. for all the money that was spent against president obama last year, that was a campaign that wasn't successful. you talked to them about that and about why they think it's worth theirñr money this time. >> first of all in the case of sheldon addalson he told the wall street journal a few weeks ago easy come easy go basically. i'm in the gambling busy and you lose sometimes. for him, this is chump change. he probably didn't even notice the $100 million or so that he reportedly spent out of his bank account. but others like foster frees who is a big investor out of the west he wants to keep spending. he believes what he believes. they do know that they lost and didn't get what they wanted for their money so they're going to think about tactics going
citizens united in the mix. we also at the same time have these operatives who run these groups, have become very good at setting them up with nothing to do this year. so it's kind of a perfect storm >> woodruff: you also talked to them, jim, i saw in your reporting. for all the money that was spent against president obama last year, that was a campaign that wasn't successful. you talked to them about that and about why they think it's worth theirñr money this time. >> first of all...
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citizens united in the mix. we also at the same time have these operatives who run these groups, have become very good at setting them up with nothing to do this year. so it's kind of a perfect storm >> woodruff: you also talked to them jim, i saw in your reporting. for all the money that was spent against president obama last year, that was a campaign that wasn't successful. you talked to them about that and about why they think it's worth theirñr money this time. >> first of all in the case of sheldon addalson he told the wall street journal a few weeks ago easy come easy go basically. i'm in the gambling busy and you lose sometimes. for him, this is chump change. he probably didn't even notice the $100 million or so that he reportedly spent out of his bank account. but others like foster frees who is a big investor out of the west he wants to keep spending. he believes what he believes. they do know that they lost and didn't get what they wanted for their money so they're going to think about tactics going f
citizens united in the mix. we also at the same time have these operatives who run these groups, have become very good at setting them up with nothing to do this year. so it's kind of a perfect storm >> woodruff: you also talked to them jim, i saw in your reporting. for all the money that was spent against president obama last year, that was a campaign that wasn't successful. you talked to them about that and about why they think it's worth theirñr money this time. >> first of all...
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honestly, we can debate any time but this is -- >> put aside citizens united. look at grover norquist who likes to is a pledge to constituents. my constituents don't have $10 million to drop on a campaign when something goes wrong. grover norquist does provided by karl rove and his pac and the koch brothers and their pacs. it's like the nra saying they're a membership organization. that's what grover norquist is doing. no, it's not. it's a lobby group with a lot of money mant to preserve special interests for people. that has a lot of influence on what going on with these congressmen. >> you're right, it does have an influence -- >> also it's the house where they're running every two years so they're in a constant state of running, in constant fear of a primary battle. in the senate they have six years, they're able to look a little bit more long term. >> a few thousand bucks means a lot in a haus race. when grover has $10 million, that's a lot of influence. he's not just a regular guy. i love the way he paints himself as just another guy who doesn't want tax i
honestly, we can debate any time but this is -- >> put aside citizens united. look at grover norquist who likes to is a pledge to constituents. my constituents don't have $10 million to drop on a campaign when something goes wrong. grover norquist does provided by karl rove and his pac and the koch brothers and their pacs. it's like the nra saying they're a membership organization. that's what grover norquist is doing. no, it's not. it's a lobby group with a lot of money mant to preserve...
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. >> reporter: the most recent in 2010 controversial citizens united case of the supreme court means corporations have the same rights people have like unlimited donations, to some kinds of political action committees. mike sugarman, cbs 5. >>> need to feed the meter without leaving that important meeting? there is an app for that ,,,, for over 60,000 california foster children, nights can feel long and lonely. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. i miss my room. i don't want special treatment. i just wanna feel normal. to help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help make a foster child's night a little cozier. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. een >>> red light cameras will be coming to one of san francisco's most dangerous intersections. market and octave yeah street. it is a hazardous area because of cars making illegal right turns on to the central freeway. >>> you will be happy to know feeding the meter is getting easier in san francisco. oh, joy. the popular pay
. >> reporter: the most recent in 2010 controversial citizens united case of the supreme court means corporations have the same rights people have like unlimited donations, to some kinds of political action committees. mike sugarman, cbs 5. >>> need to feed the meter without leaving that important meeting? there is an app for that ,,,, for over 60,000 california foster children, nights can feel long and lonely. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. i miss my room. i don't want...
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but with emily's list is held, if we reduce the role of money and politics, overturn the citizens united and the rest, and increase the level of civility in politics, we will change the environment in which politics is conducted. we will elect many more women to public office. that is a very good thing for our country. thank you, emily's list. we are emily, and we ain't seen nothing yet. thank you all. [applause] >> a look at the jefferson memorial. president obama's public inauguration as tomorrow, which happens to be allocated. -- mlk day. [indistinct conversations] >> large crowds gathered here this weekend at the immelt came memorial. we have live inauguration coverage starting tomorrow -- mlk memorial. we have live inauguration coverage starting tomorrow. next, a look at how u.s. presidents have feared his starkly in their second term. the specific -- have faced in their second term. host: want to welcome author and historian richard norton smith. the most memorable second term address was by abraham lincoln. guest: there are people who thinks that it outranks the gettysburg address
but with emily's list is held, if we reduce the role of money and politics, overturn the citizens united and the rest, and increase the level of civility in politics, we will change the environment in which politics is conducted. we will elect many more women to public office. that is a very good thing for our country. thank you, emily's list. we are emily, and we ain't seen nothing yet. thank you all. [applause] >> a look at the jefferson memorial. president obama's public inauguration...
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united until we do that so bodies special constituent the needs of asparagus museum or needs a bridge to nowhere or needs a special excise tax rebate is going to be first and foremost for congress on like working families because that's who pays for the campaigns it's a really interesting point to note and i know china and north korea are following this story a lot along with other well leaders are following this story quite closely they are actually asking the u.s. why is something not being resolved and you know there's a lot of other people that are wondering what kind of a precedent we're setting being a global leader for other countries to be able to resolve their issues max rodwell senior analyst for bring past capital thank you so much for your opinion sir thank you. well still ahead here on our team while the new year brings hope for residents by the high hit hard by hurricane sandy life is still pretty grim but that didn't stop congress. and hunting on sandy relief that story when we return. say. let me let me i want to wouldn't let me ask you a question. here on this network
united until we do that so bodies special constituent the needs of asparagus museum or needs a bridge to nowhere or needs a special excise tax rebate is going to be first and foremost for congress on like working families because that's who pays for the campaigns it's a really interesting point to note and i know china and north korea are following this story a lot along with other well leaders are following this story quite closely they are actually asking the u.s. why is something not being...
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united of course in this court case ruling that says corporations. just donated it unlimited amount of funds to politicians. what do you think about the inauguration and how much of this legislation really poll loot everything that is supposedly a democracy. you know your it should look like a lot of fun but it's pretty ridiculous just an orgy of cash and these big corporations putting money into it it's almost like ancient rome having people sucking up to the emperor that's what it's like these companies want to stay on the good side of the administration so they dumped some money into it and the media was like oh obama's keeping it so restrained this time around just the small private celebration just came in six hundred thousand seven hundred thousand people. you know close supporters that's not a small celebration i will never get six hundred thousand people out to an event and it's huge it costs a lot of money the security costs i don't necessarily have a problem with that but that money should not be coming from corporations who stand don't hav
united of course in this court case ruling that says corporations. just donated it unlimited amount of funds to politicians. what do you think about the inauguration and how much of this legislation really poll loot everything that is supposedly a democracy. you know your it should look like a lot of fun but it's pretty ridiculous just an orgy of cash and these big corporations putting money into it it's almost like ancient rome having people sucking up to the emperor that's what it's like...
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united decision hundreds of millions of dollars in outside spending by oligarchy like the koch brothers and sheldon adelson put republicans in control of the traditionally blue states that they targeted including pennsylvania wisconsin ohio and michigan. once they got charge of those state legislatures and the governors' offices the republicans gerrymandered the congressional districts to increase the number of safe republican seats and fracture this a safe democratic seats that's one reason why house democratic candidates received more than a million votes more than house republican candidates around the nation last november yet republicans still hold a majority in the house of representatives and republicans are now using these gerrymandered states to push their bold a step yet to rig the next presidential election. looks like it's going to happen first in virginia instead of a winner take all system or whoever wins the state wins the states vote for president republicans want virginia's electoral college votes to be doled out based on which presidential candidate wins each congressio
united decision hundreds of millions of dollars in outside spending by oligarchy like the koch brothers and sheldon adelson put republicans in control of the traditionally blue states that they targeted including pennsylvania wisconsin ohio and michigan. once they got charge of those state legislatures and the governors' offices the republicans gerrymandered the congressional districts to increase the number of safe republican seats and fracture this a safe democratic seats that's one reason...
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united decision the likes of karl rove sheldon adelson and the koch brothers are learning from their mistakes last november and will continue their efforts to steal future elections the billionaire class and its front men in the republican party are hard at work again just as they were four years ago today we saw the second democratic president since f.d.r. to have a second inaugural but just underneath the revelry conspiracies abound in the billionaire class won't rest until they're assured that what happened today never happens again. and that's the way it is tonight monday january twenty first twenty thirteen and don't forget the mockers he begins you get out there get active tag your seat. there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people with hiv aids lives within a year of a diagnosis of. over six to two percent on. the list with this is a problem that frankly is substantially preventable it was like the big elephant in the room and nobody wanted to talk about it there were really good public health campaigns that people were really focused on this proble
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united decision the likes of karl rove sheldon aid olson and the koch brothers are learning from their mistakes last november and will continue their efforts to steal future elections the billionaire class and its front men in the republican party are hard at work again just as they were four years ago today we saw the second democratic president since f.d.r. to have a second inaugural but just underneath the revelry conspiracies abound in the billionaire class won't rest until they're assured that what happened today never happens again and that's the way it is tonight monday january twenty first two thousand and thirteen and don't forget the mock receive begins with you get out there get action take your seat. the be. suborning news today violence is once again flared up see these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada asked sunshine corporations are on the day the book. you are. the only good one.
united decision the likes of karl rove sheldon aid olson and the koch brothers are learning from their mistakes last november and will continue their efforts to steal future elections the billionaire class and its front men in the republican party are hard at work again just as they were four years ago today we saw the second democratic president since f.d.r. to have a second inaugural but just underneath the revelry conspiracies abound in the billionaire class won't rest until they're assured...